Bargain Ironwood 1 1/4" Shoulder Plane
This Shoulder plane is selling at a bargain price due to being slightly undersized. This does not affect the life or function of the tool. The body is made from Ironwood, however the wedge is made from gidgee.
This 1 1/4" Shoulder Plane is used to clean up the shoulders of large tenons and tenon tongues across the grain or a rebate with the grain.
It is 222mm long x 1. 1/4" wide x 66mm high. Weighs 1.1 Kg and has a 3/16" thick x 1 1/4" wide Tool steel blade hardened to Rc 62-64.
It has a 60 degree blade angle for planing or 90 degrees for scraping (by reversing the blade to bevel up). Using the plane as a scraper in useful when dealing with hard woods and cranky grain that you cannot plane.